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Program Icons Have All Gone Generic
Name: Out2Late Date: July 18, 2005 at 21:35:03 Pacific OS: XP Pro - SP2 CPU/Ram: Pen 4, 2.0Ghz, 768ram
Comment:
Hello everyone, Recently my program icons have all somehow changed to a white box with a blue top. When I double click on them to install I get a large black window (kinda looks like a command promt window) and says "invalid directory"... If I wait for about 5 to 10 seconds the program will eventually start to install. How do I correct this???
Name: Ed in Texas. Date: July 19, 2005 at 02:27:22 Pacific
Reply:
Out2Late, SWAG, sounds to me like your machine's getting the instruction to display the icon, hence the box, but it doesn't find the info to put into the box created. Think I'd look closely at drivers and make sure there wasn't a corrupt or missing one (delete and replace?). HTH. Ed in Texas.
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Response Number 2
Name: flyhigh7777 Date: July 19, 2005 at 06:13:35 Pacific
Reply:
hey, this may sound crazy, but try changing your desktop theme. I think I've seen this happen before when you change the theme that all the icons become one type like MEdia Player type or similar. It's worth a try. Goodluck
tralalala
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Response Number 3
Name: Out2Late Date: July 19, 2005 at 15:45:52 Pacific
Reply:
thanks guys for your reply but neither worked... I have 2 printscreens to send you if it would help to see the problem
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